Closed An Evening in Paris PV Cade Darkbound

@Scarlet Salvatore

Summer days were often longwinded and timeless for Cade. Every season leading up to this year was spent at the family townhome in Ottery Saint Mary. And while Cade spent his days adventuring around the moors of East Devon, he found it quite dull at times. There was only so much one could do on shire land by themselves. So when his father, Charles, reappeared from his fast-paced life abroad, Cade keenly clung to his every word. Reliving his father's experiences with the odd wizards of other countries and provinces. Cade would hope to have some semblance of that during his upcoming year at Hogwarts. It would be his very first time living away from home and studying magic, there was bound to be some adventures. But Charles had other notions up his sleeve upon his return home.

At first, Cade was disappointed to find out that he wouldn't be staying quite as long as he used to. A week was much too short. And Cade almost devised a plan to ensure his father's company for a longer time period. But that idea quickly proved to be obsolete. Cade couldn't believe his ears... I think you would quite like it in France. I won't be so busy... and I can imagine it'll be quite some time before I see you again what with your acceptance into Hogwarts. So? What do you say, Cade? Do you want to join me in Paris?

It was as if Christmas came early. For a moment the poor kid was speechless absolutely thrilled at the prospect of being by his father's side. It was all he ever dreamed of going to travel. But he couldn't help but wonder --why now? Regardless Cade quickly agreed to partake in world travel. And suddenly the week didn't feel quite as short. The days went by way too long with the sudden urge to leave England. Cade would pack and repack his bag with anticipation. Wondering what he might have packed too much and too little of. And settling for the bare minimum he was surprised when Charles came back home after a day out with dress robes for Cade to pack. And unsurprisingly, they fit like a glove. Suddenly curious, Cade would ask what they were for. But Charles, always mysterious gave a cryptic answer that the young wizard couldn't possibly figure out.

Then the time came for goodbyes and Cade was far too excited to really put meaning into any of it. He was admittedly brusk with both his mother, Peggy, and sister, Astrid. Eager to leave his home behind for a time of adventure. And by the time the scheduled portkey arrived, Cade was quaking in his boots! Paris was exhilarating! There was so much to see and do, and the food! Cade hadn't realized just how much his stomach could hold. Each day was busier than the next. His father networked non-stop it seemed. And Cade absolutely enthralled by this lifestyle tried desperately to keep up with it all. But such things were not made for him. The shy introvert he was, demanded solitude. And there was only so much he could do.

So when the dress robes were finally put to use, it was no surprise that the event was yet another networking opportunity. But this time it wasn't as interesting to the young wizard. He had grown used to Charles' fake smiles and small talk. The charm his father pressed onto others became unimpressive and Cade, finally unenthused fell into his aloof state of mind. Drawing back from his father's limelight, he would opt for his large shadow, hiding behind while he made introductions. Cade quickly discovered that this wasn't the sort of event to talk of muggles. The wizard-folk here were highly conservative when it came to the subject of blood status. And Cade felt a pang of disappointment in his chest at the thought that Charles frequented these sorts.

Feeling somewhat betrayed, Cade would slide into a darker mood for the party and whether or not Charles noticed or even cared didn't matter to him. As the night went on more families appeared and before the young wizard knew it, Charles was introducing him to the Everbones. An elderly couple who seemed friendly, but Cade was wary of them anyway. Anyone who resided at this party was bigotted in his eyes. Regardless he would nod politely at them and soon after his name disappeared from their ensuing conversations, he knew he could relax again. But at that moment his eye caught onto a girl around his age who clearly was related to the Everbones. Cade suddenly felt sorry that he hadn't paid any mind to the other introductions.

He wondered if she held the same views as her guardians if she was just like him in this regard. Cade would muse at this for some time before ultimately deciding that she couldn't be half bad if she was his age... born at this time. He would attempt to make some sort of friendship. "Er... sorry, I don't think I caught your name. The band is a tad bit loud in my opinion." Cade would voice aloud in her direction, his brown eyes swept over her dainty features with intense curiosity. Cade would hate to involve himself with a stranger not worth his time. Was this a risk worth the night?

Scarlet | Pierre Everbone (Grandfather) | Sophia Everbone (Grandmother)

At first, Scarlet was quite excited to meet some of the finely dressed people that filled the room, but by the time her grandparents were done talking with their third lot of snooty pureblood friends, her face had actually started to ache from all the fake smiles she had been putting on. If this is what purebloods were generally like, Scarlet felt like she might finally have some understanding of why her parents had drifted away from her grandparents, and their pureblood customs.

Scarlet took in face after face, some old, some young, none quite as young as her from what she had so far seen, but spoke as if from one person. In her own defence though, Scarlet did not enter the party with the views of her parents fixed in her mind, she in fact saw the whole event as an opportunity to come to her own conclusions, she just did not expect to do so as quickly as she had done.

The next wizarding family to be introduced to her however slightly peaked her interest, well duo as she looked over the man and younger boy stood in front of her. Scarlet smiled as the adults said their obligatory greetings and smiled as her grandparents introduced her to the pair, 'Darkbound!' she thought, repeating their family name in her head, that was a pretty cool name to have, very fitting of a pureblood family she thought. She could definitely imagine them having a long lineage of ancestors spanning hundreds of years with a name like that.

The boy didn't seem quite as interested in the whole conversation, and so Scarlet was surprised that not long after she glanced up, listening to what Charles, the father, was saying to her grandparents, the boy spoke up. He seemed nice, from the one sentence she had heard from him, well it's not like he was rude or anything, and that was always a good start.

"It's Scarlet. Scarlet Salvatore, they are my mum's parents," she explained, "it's Cade right?" she asked remembering perfectly well from the introductions exchanged that Cade was his name, it just felt like a good counter question.

"They are a bit," Scarlet said as she looked over to where the band were playing, they were relatively close to the group of musicians so it wasn't really a surprise that Cade hadn't heard her name the first time. She then looked over to where the long table of refreshments was, not completely opposite of the band, but a good deal further from where they were stood now.

"Do you want to get a bite to eat," she asked Cade pointing to the table of food before giving a sideways glance to the band, "I've just realised I haven't had anything to eat," she added, though she was feeling only slightly peckish, it was mainly to get to a quieter place to talk.

Before hearing an answer from Cade, Scarlet turned to her grandfather who was stood to her left, "we're just going to get something to eat," she said smiling up to him, with her grandmother still mid-discussion with Cade's father and her grandfather probably wanting to turn his attention back to that conversation he gave a quick nod whilst returning a similar smile.

Scarlet looked back to Cade, she had heard what she needed to, she didn't know if Cade was going to say anything to his father, she hadn't been looking to see if the man had heard what she had said to her grandfather. "After you," she said to him, giving him the opportunity to say anything before the pair went anywhere.

Outfit | @Cade Darkbound

Sorry this is late! Been a bit busy recently